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NEW YORK, April 3 — As she emerges from quarantine, recovered Covid-19 patient Diana Berrent is eager to join the battle against the pandemic and donate precious antibodies that researchers hope might help others. In mid-March, the New Yorker woke up with a 102-degree (39 Celsius) fever and...

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This week, Berrent was the first survivor in her state screened for antibodies — immune system-generated proteins that can ward off viruses — to contribute to initial tests seeking treatment for the infection that’s left more than 51,000 people dead worldwide. “It’s really important for us to be very cognisant of the fact that we’re still in very new territory,” he said.Eldad Hod and Steven Spitalnik — transfusion medicine doctors leading trials at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Centre — are cautiously optimistic but, like Sachias, emphasise the unknowns.

They also aim to test treatments on already-hospitalised patients and as a preventative therapy in settings like nursing homes.

 

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